-
Pythian Games were held
every four years,
under the
direction of the
Amphictyons. [citation needed] In 449-448 the Phoecians,
wanting to
become masters...
- one account, he was the
ruler of Locris. The name of
Amphictyon is a back-formation from
Amphictyons, plural, from
Latin Amphictyones, from Gr**** Amphiktyones...
- were
defeated at the
Battle of Salamis. He then fled to Thessaly; the
Amphictyons at
Pylae had
offered a
reward for his death.
According to Herodotus,...
- the
amphictyons,
fixed the
towns which were to take part in the council, gave to each its vote, and
settled the
jurisdiction of the
amphictyons. Graves...
- with the
Amphictyons separately, and he now
faced an army at
least equal in size to his own. He
therefore decided to
retreat before the
Amphictyons could...
-
titles and a few
fragments of his
plays survive. One of his
plays was The
Amphictyons, in
which Telecleides presented a
Golden Age of
impossibly effortless...
-
decade lasting from
January 1, 1489 BC to
December 31, 1480 BC. 1487 BC—
Amphictyon, son of
Deucalion and Pyrrha,
legendary King of Athens, dies
after a reign...
-
against which the
vengeance of the
Amphictyons was directed. The
spoils of
Cirrha were emplo**** by the
Amphictyons in
founding the
Pythian Games. Near...
- King of Athens, is
deposed after a
reign of 10
years by his son-in-law
Amphictyon of Thessaly, son of
Deucalion and Pyrrha. 1493 BC—Thutmose I (Eighteenth...
- keep up the form of
their periodical meetings at Aegium, just as the
Amphictyons were
permitted to meet at
Thermopylae and Delphi. The
meetings were held...
